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drezil03

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Hello first of all here is my current setup:

power supply: CORSAIR RMi Series RM850i 850W 80 PLUS GOLD Haswell Ready Full Modular ATX12V & EPS12V SLI and Crossfire Ready ...

case: IN WIN GRone Gray 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan

graphic card: geforce gtx 1070

processor: Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W BX80646I54670K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics

Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

operating system: windows 10

ram: 16gb ddr3 corsair vengeance

I have had a few problems with this pc for the last few months I am not sure what is causing it but it has become very slow, i can right click on my desktop and it like freezes for 4-5 seconds before it will bring up the properties box, I have tried scanning it through malware bytes and even reinstalled to factory settings and started all over and nothing seems to fix it, i just bought the graphics card it is brand new and so is the power supply, at this point i was considering getting a new motherboard, and processor to basically have a new system but im not sure what i should get i think i want to get an I7 upgrade on the gpu and not sure what a good motherboard is for what i already got any help would be greatly appriciated. If there is any other info i could give please let me know. thanks
 
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coozie7
The system is very capable, very capable, it's unlikely to be a hardware issue with the parts, upgrading won't really help.

Check the system temperatures, a great one stop is MSI Afterburner: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/msi-afterburner-beta-download.html what are the temperatures at idle? If the CPU or GPU are hot here they're going to get worse once loaded.

What video card did you have before? if you switched from an AMD card to Nvidia it's a very good idea to fully uninstall the old AMD drivers using something like DDU ( https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html ) then Download and install the latest drivers for the video card from here: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/home.html and use the...
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The system is very capable, very capable, it's unlikely to be a hardware issue with the parts, upgrading won't really help.

Check the system temperatures, a great one stop is MSI Afterburner: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/msi-afterburner-beta-download.html what are the temperatures at idle? If the CPU or GPU are hot here they're going to get worse once loaded.

What video card did you have before? if you switched from an AMD card to Nvidia it's a very good idea to fully uninstall the old AMD drivers using something like DDU ( https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html ) then Download and install the latest drivers for the video card from here: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/home.html and use the custom 'clean install' option.

Sudden slowdowns can also be caused by minor nasties, so download Ccleaner from here: https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner install and run it this'll get rid of those minor nasties that tend to lurk in the various .Temp folders scattered throughout Windows.

If no good, run a full virus sweep; Avast! and AVG are good, and offer free versions.

 
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ohiou_grad_2006

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I second the hard drive theory. That system should not have many problems even with it's age. I personally prefer a program called gsmartcontrol.

https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/

Do the short test, takes about 2 minutes. Also check the attributes tab, I've used that program enough, if the drive shows bad on the short test or any of the attributes show up in red, replace the drive. They are cheap enough these days. Or it is a good time to get an SSD.
 
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